Lawmakers call for investigation of Elevance's new hospital penalty for using out-of-network providers - Becker's Payer Issues | Payer News Fourteen House lawmakers are calling on federal officials to investigate Elevance Health’s new policy that will penalize hospitals that use out-of-network providers, arguing the approach is…

The lawmakers argued that Elevance’s approach circumvents the #IndependentDisputeResolution process established under the #NoSurprisesAct. #Elevance argues the current situation was never the intent of the Act or of the #IDR process.